Mop



C. A. PURVIS MOP May 13, 1930.

Filed Sept. 19, 1929 Patented May 13, 1930 TENT OFFICEV CHARLESBU'RV'IS', OE LONG, BEACH, CALIFORNIA r. "Applei me S p ember 19, 19.29.Serial t am.

gitudinally extended relation with respect to the handle and is adaptedto yield to permit either side of the cloth to be brought into fullcontact with the surface being cleaned.

The present invention has for one of its obj ects to provide a mop ofthe character stated wherein the spreader shall be permanently anddirectly connected to the head and wherein the cloth shall be directlyconnected to thespreader, whereby to permit a fresh cloth to besubstituted for the old one without removing the spreader and in acomparatively short time and with the expenditure of comparativelylittle energy.

The invention has for a further object to provide a mop of the characterstated wherei in the spreader shall be rigid and wherein the spreadershall be pivotally connected to the head to permit the clothto benormally held in longitudinally extended relation with respect to thehandle and to permit either side of the cloth to be brought into fullcontact with the surface being cleaned.

The invention has for a further object to provide a mop of the characterstated wherein the cloth shall be normally held in longitudinallyextended relation with respect to the handle by a spring connected tothe head and spreader.

The invention has for a still further object to provide a mop of thecharacter stated which shall be simple, durable, highly eflicient andcapable of being manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the nature of which willappearas the description proceeds, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and The spreaderdrawing, wherein c Figure 1 's' a'view partlyin section and partly in elevation of a mop constructed in accordancewith the present invention;

Figure 2'is a view in side elevation; of a mop with the cloth incon'tactwithth'e surface being cleaned c Figure 3 is a viewpartlyinelevation and partly in section of the handle, head, spreader and springofthe mop, and

Figure 4 is'a' view of the cl'oth as} it a pears when: detached from thespreader and when viewed from its upper edge.

Referring-in detail to the drawing, 1 designates the handle,='2 thehead, 3 the spreader,

tithe cloth and j5 the spring of the mop.

The handle may be made from wood or other material and it may be ofanydesiredor required length; The" head 2 consists of a pair 'ofarms 2which aresecured' to; opposite sides of the lowerend portion of thehandlel by elementsd ,7

The arms 2 extend in downwardly diverging relation from the. handle 1,and are provided at theirlo-wer ends with parallel pivot lugs 7. Thearms 2. are made of metal, and are connected-slightly below the handle Iby a tie'pin 8 I I e v The spreader-,3 is of substantially rec tangiular"formation :and is made from a single length of stout wire which, afterbeing formed to p-rovide'the' spreadenhas its ends spreader 3 comprisesatop bar 3*, side bars 3 and a bottombar 3, and itis pivotally connectedto the head 2 through the medium of pivot lugs .Tand top bar'3 The topbar 3 is olfsetupwardly to providea crank 10, which n normally'-occupies a position betweenthe' arms 2 and whichis connected to the armsby thesp'ring 5 The spring 5 is secured atits upper end to the tie pinSand is secured-at its lower end to a collar '11 mounted upon the crank10; The; top bar 3 and side bars 3"-'are extended to provideshoulders 12which are located at the top corners of the spreader 3 and extendlaterally therefrom: The cloth 4;'is lathe-form of a casing which is;opened at its side edges, as at '4? claimed, and illustratedin theaccompanying secured together by a couplingsleeve 9. The

i and partly at its top edge, as at 4". The

cloth 4 maybe readily slipped on or off of the spreader 3, and it issecured against lateraldisplacement by the closed end of its slot 4which contacts withthe outer side of oneof the pivotlugs7,.and by tapes13 which are secured tothewalls of the slot 4* and tied together withtheir knot 13 con outer side of the other pivot tacting with the lug 7.r

The tapes l3 'andxtapes 14, which are secured tothe end walls of theslot 4* outwardly beyond the tapes 13 and connected, as at M serve toclose that portion of the slot 4t cated outwardly beyond'th'atpivot lug?with which the knot l3 contacts. As the top edge of the cloth 4 isclosed: outwardly beyond the piyot lugs 7 as the entire bottom edge ofthe cloth is closed, and as these closed edges contact with the spreaderbars 3 and 3, the cloth is held against longitudinal displacement fromthe spreader. i

From the foregoingdescr ption, takenin connection with; the accompanyingdrawa ing, it will be understoodhthatthe spreader 3 is pivotallyconnected to the head-2,;that it maintains theucloth 4 in outspreadcondition, and that the spring 5 yieldingly maintains the spreader andcloth normally at a longitu'di-' 'nally extended'position with respectto the handle 1. It 'will be f-urtherunderstood that i the handle 1 andcloth 4 maybe moved into any angularposition necessary to arrangeeitherside of-the'cloth in full contact'with :the surface to be cleaned,and thatrigidity a spreader frame of substantially rectangular contourhaving its topbar passing through the pivot lugs and provided betweensaid arms with a crank, a contractile spring secured to the crank and tosaid arms, and a means and extending from one lateral side oit'i'saidmeans to and through the remote lateral edge of the casing, and meansreleasably closing that portion of the slot located at the oppositelateral side of said means.

' In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix no signature. or m S CHARLES A;X PURVIS.

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of the spreader andtheupwar'd pressure exertednpon thecrank 10 by thespring 5 will maintain the cloth 4 in full contactwith the surface'While I have described the principle of the invention,- together withthe structure which I now consider the preferred i embodiment thereof,it is to be understoodrthat, the structure shown is merely illustrativeand that such changes maybe made, when desired, as fall within the scopeof the invention as claimed. a i

I"c1aim o o H 1. A mop comprising a handle, a spreader ,pivotally'connected at its upper end to the the handleand provided at said endwith a end to the crank and connected at its other end tothe handle at apointfabove the'crank,

and a cloth mounted onthespreader; U 1 g 7 "2. sAmop comprising-ahandle, a spreader crank,a contractilespring connected at one frame 10f:substantially rectangular contour oonthe frame.

3, A mopcomprising a "handle, arms e2? tending in 'downwardlyldivergin'grelation 3 from the handle iand providedwith pivot lugs,

andhavingone of its'bars provided with a i Y Jcrank ineans pivotallyconnecting the frame j-to thehandle-th'rough the mediumiof said bar I,thereof, a contractile-spring 1 connected to .said crank and; means,and [a cloth arranged I

